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. 2014 Feb 11;9(2):e88591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088591

Table 2. Univariate correlation (left columns) and multiple linear regression (right columns) determining predictors of log10 CSF NFL in HIV-infected neuroasymptomatic patients with and without antiretroviral treatment.

Univariate Multivariate
Variable N Std β (r) P Std βadj Padj
No treatment
Age 200 0.35 <0.001 0.26 <0.001
Blood CD4* 200 0.43 <0.001 0.36 <0.001
CSF neopterin 188 0.31 <0.001 0.23 <0.001
Log CSF WBC 200 −0.27 <0.001 −0.17 0.009
Albumin ratio 200 0.33 <0.001 0.33 <0.001
Log plasma VL 198 0.29 <0.001 NS NS
Log CSF VL 199 −0.036 0.62 NS NS
Treated-suppressed
Age 85 0.66 <0.001 0.57 <0.001
Blood CD4* 85 0.089 0.42 NS NS
CSF neopterin 77 0.062 0.59 NS NS
Log CSF WBC 85 −0.051 0.65 NS NS
Albumin ratio 85 0.4 <0.001 0.26 0.004
Log pre ART plasma VL 63 0.16 0.23 0.23 0.013
Log pre ART CSF VL 46 −0.31 0.23 NS NS
Log CSF VL 85 −0.091 0.41 NS NS
Nadir CD4* 61 0.023 0.023 NS NS

*CD4+ T-cell count was inverse transformed (1/(CD4+45·3) NS = Not significant.